List of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts.

Central Powers

Commanders-in-chief: Ottoman Empire: Deputy commander-in-chief (Başkomutan Vekili) Enver Pasha (1914–1918)

Commanders:

NameConflicts Enver PashaSarikamish (1914) Djemal PashaFirst Suez Offensive, Arab Revolt Mehmed Esad Pasha Ahmed Izzet PashaThird Army Commander, Second Army Commander Djevat PashaDardanelles Campaign Hasan Izzet Pasha Mahmud Kâmil PashaThird Army Commander in 1916 Battle of Erzurum Vehib Pasha Mustafa Fevzi PashaBattle of Krithia Vineyard Nureddin Pasha Mersinli Djemal Pasha Yakub Shevki Pasha Hafiz Hakki PashaSarikamish (1914), Third Army Commander Halil Pasha Nuri Pasha Ali Ihsan Pasha Mustafa Kemal PashaLanding at Anzac Cove, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of Hill 60, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill, Battle of the Nek, Battle for Baby 700, Battle for No.3 Post, Battle of Bitlis, Charge at Haritan Ali Fuad PashaDardanelles Campaign Ismet Bey Sami BeyLanding at Cape Helles Third Battle of Krithia First Battle of Krithia Faik PashaBattle of Gully Ravine Battle of Sari Bair Colmar von der Goltz Erich von Falkenhayn Otto Liman von Sanders Dardanelles Campaign Kress von Kressenstein Major Ali Quli Khan Pesyan Conquest of Shiraz Captain Gholam Reza Khan Pesyan Conquest of Shiraz Georg von Kaunitz Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin Colonel Bup Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin Major Mohammad Taghi Khan Pesyan Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan Heydar Latifiyan Battle of RobatKarim Major Azizollah Zarghami Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan Major Masoud Kayhan Battle of Soltanabad Mirza Kuchik Khan Battle of Manjil, Battle of Rasht

Allies

Commanders-in-chief:

Russia (Caucasus & Persia): Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (1914 – January 1915); Nicholas Nikolaevich (January 1915 – May 1917); Vasily Kharlamov (May 1917 – 1918) British: Armenia: Tovmas Nazarbekian (1918)

Commanders:

NameConflicts Lionel DunstervilleBattle of Baku Sackville CardenNaval operations John de RobeckNaval operations Émile GuépratteNaval operations Ian HamiltonSari Bair Harold Bridgwood WalkerLone Pine Frederick StopfordSuvla Bay William Birdwood, 1st Baron BirdwoodAnzac Cove Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) Alexander Godley Anzac Cove, Chunuk Bair, Sari Bair John Maxwell Commander of British forces in Egypt; see Raid on the Suez Canal Aylmer Hunter-WestonLanding at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine Albert d'Amade Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Orient (at Gallipoli) Henri Gouraud first Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles Maurice Bailloud second Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles Alexander MyshlayevskyBattle of Sarikamish Nikolai Yudenich Andranik OzanianBattle of Dilman, Battle of Bitlis Tovmas NazarbekianBattle of Dilman, Battle of Mush, Battle of Bitlis, Battle of Karakilisa, Battle of Sardarabad Aram ManukianSiege of Van, Battle of Sardarabad Garegin NzhdehArmenian battalions, Battle of Karakilisa Drastamat KanayanBattle of Abaran Movses SilikyanBattle of Sardarapat Agha Petros Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918 Malik KhoshabaHakkari Expedition 1916, Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918 Stepan ShahumyanBattle of Baku

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